Hospitals and Handicaps
The first time I saw a hospital commercial here I reacted strongly. I’m not used to having to think about what kind of hospital I’m going to have to go to when I’m sick or where to purchase handicap equipment.

It has always been that you call the local reception and to have them refer you to another hospital if necessary or give you the handicap equipment you need. But here in the United States hospitals are private and therefore both price and class of health care differ.

You might have the bad luck to get a doctor who takes a lot of unnecessary tests because your health insurance still covers it. My father-in-law recently asked if his doctors had taken any unnecessary tests to diagnose him.

But as a patient, it is very difficult to know what is needed or not. But if you compare with countries abroad you need not worry about that they take too many samples, but then you can of course ask the question and wonder if they skip tests to save tax money It is almost like I would wish to be examined by a doctor instead, so that I myself had sufficient knowledge to know what is necessary.

I worry a little of what would happen if I or my wife became ill. My wife has got a health insurance through her work, which I am also included in. But things can change quickly and if she would become unemployed, we would no longer have any health insurance.

From what I understand you can not deny hospitals lifesaving measures for anyone , but the bill afterwards can be very high and if you do not have health insurance or the ability to pay, they can refuse non-emergency medical care and handicap equipment.

I’m not used to feel such insecurity when it comes to health care. If people get sick in certain countries, they call the hospital and receive help. I feel that I should find out a little bit more about this.